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The Old McRae Mill along the Toney River, Toney Mills, Pictou County

The Old McRae Mill along the Toney River, Toney Mills, Pictou County

Photos of the old mills on the Toney River at Toney Mills, Pictou County circa 1930. A gristmill and sawmill were built by Alexander McRae circa 1855. His sons, John and Roderick McRae, operated the mills until the early to mid-1880s.

image West River Alexander McRae
Photograph: Isabella Fraser 1852-1899

Photograph: Isabella Fraser 1852-1899

Isabella Fraser was residing in Providence RI in Febraury 1893 at the time of he mother's passing. She must have decided to return to Toney River because she purchased a parcel of land from her siblings as part of the settlement of her mother's estate.

image Nancy Fraser Isabella Fraser
Photograph: Christina "Christy" (McRae) MacMillan

Photograph: Christina "Christy" (McRae) MacMillan

Christy (McRae) MacMillan is the youngest of ten children born to Alexander and Isabella McRae of Toney River. She died in 1944 at Winnipeg at the age of 102. She never remarried after the loss of her husband William MacMillan in December 1915.

image Alexander McRae Toney River
Photograph: Roderick and Catherine Ann (McQuarrie) McRae, circa 1925

Photograph: Roderick and Catherine Ann (McQuarrie) McRae, circa 1925

Roderick and Catherine Anne (McQuarrie) McRae of Roscanville, Saskatchewan and formerly of Toney River. Roderick is the son of Alexander and Isabella McRae of Toney River. Catherine is the daughter of Donald and Catherine McQuarrie of Toney River.

image Catherine McQuarrie Alexander McRae
Crown Land Grant Map #87 - Watervale - Alexander McRae Land Along West River

Crown Land Grant Map #87 - Watervale - Alexander McRae Land Along West River

Crown Land Grant map #87 showing the 50 acre land plot at Watervale granted to Alexander McRae and recorded in 1832.

image Samuel Archibald West River
Crown Land Grant - 50 Acres at West River granted to Alexander McRae

Crown Land Grant - 50 Acres at West River granted to Alexander McRae

Crown Land Grant documents and maps as found recorded in the Crown Land Grant, Book P, Page 74, Recorded 1832 The survey maps are from what is called, "Old Plan 1854."

image West River Alexander McRae
Song: To the Pioneer Settlers of West River, and Letter to the Editor of the Eastern Chronicle, published July 10, 1879

Song: To the Pioneer Settlers of West River, and Letter to the Editor of the Eastern Chronicle, published July 10, 1879

Letter to the Editor of the Eastern Chronicle from John McRae of "Sunny Summit," Toney River, Pictou County with a corrected and original poem (actually, a song), To the Pioneer Settlers of West River, written by his father, Alexander McRae, circa 1819.

image Nancy Fraser Catherine McQuarrie
Ethel Drummond, Letter to the Editor, Pictou Advocate, August 1, 1973

Ethel Drummond, Letter to the Editor, Pictou Advocate, August 1, 1973

Ethel Irene Drummond of Teulon, Manitoba, the great-granddaughter of Alexander McRae, wrote two letters to the editor of the Pictou Advocate that were published together on August 1, 1973.

image Catherine McQuarrie Isabella Fraser
Alexander and Simon Roderick Fraser - Dan Gillies Logging Men, Grays Harbor County, Washington, U.S.A., circa 1900

Alexander and Simon Roderick Fraser - Dan Gillies Logging Men, Grays Harbor County, Washington, U.S.A., circa 1900

Rare photograph of turn-of-the-century logging men near Aberdeen, Washington circa 1900. Alexander Fraser was the logging foreman for Dan Gillies.

image Alexander Fraser James Fraser
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Memories of Long Ago by Cora McRae Hill

Cora McRae born 5 December 1868 to John McRae and Mary (Robertson)(Robson)McRae of Toney River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

pdf Pictou County John McIntosh
Pictou County Road Registry Index 1847 to 1868

Pictou County Road Registry Index 1847 to 1868

Surnames beginning with R

image John Reid Hugh Ross
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1860s Surveying Notebook of Ebenezer McLeod, West River

Notebook used from 1860s-1870s for survey work throughout Pictou County by Ebenezer McLeod. Includes notes about jobs as well as maps.

pdf Loch Broom Samuel Archibald
William MacKenzie

William MacKenzie

William MacKenzie, Gairloch Mtn, Victoria County, 110 years old

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